Research on annotation texts in ancient Chinese art cataloging
Previous studies on Chinese art history generally focus on the analysis of main texts while overlooking their annotation texts and other texts(such as postscripts and prefaces).Additionally,the"comprehensive texts"formed by the symbiotic relationship among them is rarely explored.It is noteworthy that in the cataloging of ancient Chinese art,main texts often acquire new meanings and interpretations due to annotation texts.This is because annotation texts as derivatives of main texts supplement,correct and annotate their contents.More important,most of them,written by later generations in different time and space and under different historical and cultural backgrounds,produce new textual content which may never have been realized or clearly expressed by the original authors of the main texts.